Broadway Closed As Final Phase Of Port Monmouth Flood Control Begins

PORT MONMOUTH, NJ — Yes, it's true: Broadway in the Port Monmouth/Belford section of Middletown will be closed to through-traffic for approximately the next two years.

Local residents will still be allowed access. The closure begins Monday as the final phase of the Port Monmouth Storm Risk Reduction Project commences.

The project is led by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), but the contractor is Anselmi & DeCicco.

This is the final phase of an ongoing $61.8-million project to reduce flooding in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. It comes twelve years after Superstorm Sandy devastated this area.

What exactly is being done: The most noticeable part of the final project is a new road closure gate will be constructed along Compton Creek between Campbell Avenue and Broadway. This will be to reduce flooding on Broadway.

There is already an existing floodwall in Port Monmouth, which runs alongside Old Port Monmouth Road, Main Street and Broadway, among other streets. Contractors will now extend that floodwall along the backs of a row of properties on Rt. 36. The public will likely never notice this floodwall is being built over the next three years, as all the work will occur in the rear of properties along Rt. 36.

The U.S. Army Corps. will also install drainage systems and levees.

The entire project will take about three years to complete, and should be finished in 2028.

The project is called the Port Monmouth Hurricane and Storm Risk Reduction Project. Here is a full description of the project; much of the work has already been completed; this is the final phase.

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